Qualified Dispenser

Job summary

Long Stratton Medical Centre in Norwich, are looking to welcome a permanent qualified dispenser into our busy practice on a part-time basis, working 24 hours per week across 4 days (6 hour shifts). Salary will rise to £12.81ph on completion of probationary period. This full and active role within the practice will be responsible for processing all relevant prescriptions as authorised by GPs and prescribing nurses where appropriate, in accordance with the principles of good practice. You will provide an efficient and accurate dispensing service with minimum supervision and to ensure a high quality safe service to patients.

Main duties of the job

• Process patient acute and repeat medication requests.
• Ensure the correct labelling of drugs and medicines.
• Dispense checked drugs and medications to patients.
• Ensure that all medicines and appliances dispensed are checked against the prescription.
• Collect all due prescription charges and ensure that the patient declaration on the reverse of the FP10 is duly filled in and signed by the patient.
• Endorse all prescription forms as appropriate, collate and forward the forms in a secure manner to the PPA for processing and reimbursement.
• Notify the GP of any FP10 returns/feedback.

About us

Long Stratton is a small town in South Norfolk, 10 miles from the historic city of Norwich. We have 11,500 patients on our list, a CQC rating of Good and operate from both our main site and a branch site in Newton Flotman. We are also a dispensing practice with a dispensing list of around 5,500 patients. We use EMIS Web and run cloud-based telephony which links seamlessly with the clinical system and provides excellent functionality. We have completed our surgery expansion work with a new wing being added to include 7 clinical rooms. The reason for the expansion is that Long Stratton is being bypassed, 2,000 new homes are planned and therefore potentially 5,000-6,000 new patients will be joining us. We offer a comprehensive benefits package including 5 weeks annual leave pro-rata (plus bank holidays), the NHS pension scheme, and an Employer Assistance Programme for the employee and family members. We also offer free on-site car parking, team building and social activities and access to NHS discounts.